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anta ,eine paar-afm HENRY w.' snr-FORD,

"or- Nnw Yoann. Y.

` Leners Patentanwalt, catacombe 4, 1870.

YunPRovlsivn-:n'r in. HAND-STAMPS;

` Nature and of the Invention. c l My4 invention relates `tofthe 'arrangement'ofthe "cutting and piercing-dies and their springs within a hollow rotating vertical cylinder, marked on the out- V sido with' figures indicating the respectivedi'es' with'ixi,.`

in combinationwith a supporting-frame aud a verti'- cally moving spring=plunger, 'the object of .my 'invention being to enable the operator to readily bring the required die around infront, and-canse-it to produce 4the piercedorcut.iigure with facility,

Description of thc Accompanying Drawings. 4

i 4Figure i1 is a front elevation of lthe apparatus.

`Fipnu'e 2 isa central vertical section of the same.

the v dies asth'ey are arranged iu thexearryiug rotatey ing cylinder.

Figure 4 is a'plan view of Vthe upper ends of the"A diesand carrying cylinder, the plunger being removed.'

Gncr'al'escriptioit. l rihe cylinder-A is'hollow, and has a bottom, a,

near the sidcsnpiff-the cylinder for the reception `of the lower ends; of the stems B B of twelve shouldered blocks, which project below the said bottom, andlon' the lower side of these blocks the piercing and cutting figures are formed, -as'reprcsented in-iig. 3.

The upper` part-sof Vthe stems l` are cylindrical,

`and fit -looselyin round holes in a flange, a', ,around-in theupper'part of the `cylinder A, and are each surrounded by a spiral spring, 0,'.which rests upon the bottom ofthecylinder andahuts at its 'upper end against across-pin in the stem,so as to hold the shoulders 'of the blocks 4up against the under side'of the bottom of the cylinder A, andl at the same time allow them to. be forced downward separately by an arm or projection, d', ou the front side of the plunger D, when the latter is forced downward upon the die-stem i'n front by a sudden blow ot" ones hand, so

as to'su'ddenly overcome the resistance cfa spiral springd', which' supports it in the caseA, in the usual well-known mannerbefbre used in stamp-canlnumerals 0,1 2 3 4 5 6 -7 8 9, respectively, and two cutting-dies,l"whicl1 will cut clear holcsthrough a check or. draft, when forced ldown like the piercingdiesupomthe paper, placed on a leather orv other Figure 3- is an .enlarged plan Vview.} of theffacef of 1 elastic support, e, 'on the platform of the frame AS- the two dies; whichQmake the .clean-cut holes heforethe-doliar-and betweenthe dollars and cents,

respectively for the purpose ofr preventing the fraudulent piercing of an additional tigure to the amount of dollars, eitherof the two said dieswill answer the purpose.` l

Claim.

I claimV as myiuveutionwitnesses: l JAMES K nAnNnY,

CHARLES NETTLETON. 

